AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
CM/ACM: Todd Hileman
DATE: March 7, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas amending the schedule of fees contained in Ordinance 2009-188 by adopting a new Development Services Department review and Engineering review fee schedule as authorized by the Denton Development Code for the City of Denton, and by repealing any provisions in conflict therewith and authorizing a refund of certain fees.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In November 2016, it was brought to the Council's attention there were some inconsistencies in the fees assessed for specific development applications in relation to what was reflected in the fee ordinances. Specifically, these fees were related to the Alternative Tree Plan (ATP), Special Sign Districts (SD), Amending Final Plat (AFP), third or more review fees, and the Final Replat project types. A total of $53,650 was identified to be refunded from 2011 to date. This ordinance will simply serve to clarify what is already authorized or being charged and refund any fees that were not clearly authorized.
BACKGROUND
In January and August of 2009, two fee schedule ordinances were adopted, Ordinance 2009-007 and 2009-188 (the "previous ordinances"). Ordinance 2009-007 addressed some of the engineering review fees while Ordinance 2009-188 provided a cumulative list of development review fees for the Planning Division and DRC Engineering. In early 2016, the Planning Division was tasked to review the fee schedule associated with the Development Services business efficiency modules. During the research phase, it was discovered that some of the project types listed in the application and permit tracking software, ETrakit, were potentially in conflict with the previous ordinances, which contributed to incorrect fees being assessed against applicants. The purpose of ETrakit is to facilitate online payments for projects, and the software con...
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